Aerith AI: 2018

[Errant.Venture]

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Prelude: 668 – 788 A.S. – Classified Location, Unknown Space

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In 668 A.S. the Sirius Grey Men through a network of proxy organizations, corporations, and masterful manipulation of the Kingdom of Gallia, acquired an exclusive government sanctioned and subsidized contract revolving around genetic research and re-engineering. The program was dubbed Project Destiny with an official research purpose to combat genetic anomalies from a direct result of encouraged breeding to increase population and military might, causing a strained supply of genetic diversity. Secondary objectives of research included genetic manipulation of RNA and DNA to eliminate targeted predisposition of diseases that manifested over centuries of biological and chemical mutations within the Sirius system, as well as contaminants that had survived and evolved over the long journey from the Sol system.

This was all an intricately crafted deception as the true purpose of Project Destiny was to create genetically superior, completely loyal, programmable beings that could be used for a plethora of tasks, specifically in a military capacity. The Kingdom of Gallia while basking in the technological advances, economic stability, and relative tranquility it had become accustomed to due to the secluded sector of colonization as well as a strict closed border policy became increasingly aware of one unavoidable and disastrous flaw: An overwhelming and ever increasing sense of entitlement in its newer generations.

Yes, the peaceful, luxurious, and worry free life that seclusion and secrecy afforded the Kingdom of Gallia had bred, albeit unintentionally, self-entitled, petty, and lackadaisical offspring, which seemed to double every generation. Military service and the honor and duty that came with it was bought or exchanged for favors amongst nobles and the wealthy, and an honest hard day’s work was an antiquated notion, reserved for only the most unfortunate of peasants. The typical day of an affluent Gallian at this point in time was spent partying with friends, flaunting and acquiring more lavish commodities, and for the audacious getting into fights with the lower classes in less reputable establishments.

Project Destiny was admittedly lack-luster, with no overwhelming advancements or breakthroughs until the appointment of Count Cyprien Dimanche around 700 A.S. at which point major advancements were made specifically in accelerated aging of the specimens, indifferently referred to as “tanks” due to the in vitro method of growth, and successful sleep learning of these early specimens. From 700 A.S. until 720 A.S. research and development proceeded exponentially until an overly engaged laboratory assistants curiosity caused a fatal incident which lead to a facility revolt around the time that the Council officially emerged. This revolt was quickly contained by the facility’s security forces, however all first generation tanks were eliminated, and only 72% of the initial genetic material was retained from the batches 1875 to 2342.

Despite this unfortunate set back and the loss of 28% of viable tank creation DNA, the turmoil which manifested in the form of The Council within the Kingdom of Gallia in 720 A.S. expedited the need for a superior and controllable militarized force that could not be influenced or swayed by the liberal taint emerging all over Gallia. Rushed production, training, and the unintended side effect of a genetically superior being severely lacking in emotional or moral programming led to massacres, insubordination, and random violent over reactions, which only spurned the notion that the Kingdom of Gallia was anything but power hungry, antiquated, monarchs clinging onto long dead notions of Sol societal history.

The glib result was that batches 2343 to 2485 were advancement in what not to do, or rather, what was undesirable in a mass produced army of super soldiers. Batches 2486 – 2641 were marginally superior to their predecessors however three major detriments plagued Project Destiny at this point. First, by this point in time many of the original researchers, including Count Cyprien himself, were well beyond their prime with the average lab assistant aging between fifty and fifty-five.

Second, with an ever dwindling supply of source DNA, newer batches had higher rates of failure for various reasons including but not limited to insanity (in 45% of specimens created in batches 2486-2641), spontaneous death in 15% of specimens in varying stages of maturity (This was curbed after batch 2642, but only by 3%, causes for spontaneous death are still unknown), and disfigurement or beings of unfit quality in 5% of the remaining population.

Third, in the remaining 30% of available candidates about half became uncontrollable and psychotic midway through training, and another 5% exuded split personalities, often lucid and mature one moment, then childish and uncontrolled the next. The remaining 10% were trainable however they aged at 1/10th the rate of the average Gallian, raising concerns of militarized pet project that would far outlast their creators.

Project Destiny would hit a miracle advancement beginning in Batch 2642, specifically in sub lot Delta, revision 2. An unknown lab assistant was working on correcting unfavorable traits within the genetic markers of mental instability and through a freak accident, simultaneously corrected the issues of mental instability, slightly corrected the aging process, and laid genetic ground work for accelerated cell growth and regeneration, without the side effect of cell degradation.

Through continued refinement the researchers of Project Destiny, starting in 789 A.S. were able to finally provide the Kingdom of Gallia, and the Sirius Grey Men, the results they desired. Mass production of Batch 2542 - R2 began in the summer months of 789 A.S. and were allocated into five sub-types:

1. Alpha (Summer – 789 A.S.): Focused development of this batch was for sleepers to be dispersed into the five other houses within socio-economical and socio-political roles.
2. Beta (Fall – 792 A.S.): Focused development of this batch was purely to fill a generalized military need. Basic combat training and logistics, this batch was the most mass produced of all batches as attrition rate was expected to be above 60%.
3. Charlie (Spring – 793 A.S.): Focused development of this batch was social and psycho-social engagements. Training afforded this batch of specimens was similar to a political officer or NOC agent, where charisma, social, and diplomatic negotiation skills were necessary. Many Charlie batch specimens post internal schism would later become independent intelligence assets.
4. Delta (Winter – 794 A.S.): Focused development of this batch was on special warfare development, specifically for long-term covert, overt, clandestine, and deniable operations within the five other houses of Sirius. This batch of specimens was subjected to higher training standards and curriculum, as well as a constant supplemental genetic modification mixed in with their food supplies. Terrorism, subterfuge, assassinations, and manipulation through enemy impersonation were rumored to have been carried out by this batch of specimens on a consistent basis.
5. Echo (Spring – 795 A.S.): Focused development of this batch was on multi-specialty roles and more technically specific training. Some of the most brilliant engineers, neural-net hackers, and analysts came from this batch.

Through continual staged development based upon the five subtypes of specimens until 820 A.S. the Kingdom of Gallia in conjunction with the Council of the Sirius Grey Men amassed their pawns and unleashed them upon the other houses of Sirius in increasingly successful campaigns aimed at destabilizing sectors and inter-house relations as a pre-emptive means to invasion. The best laid plans however always seem to find a way of deviating…as was the case in 818 A.S.

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